[esleiser] (s.xii1)
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[esleiser] (s.xii1)

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  FEW:  *latia 5,198a Gdf:  eslaisier 1 3,476a GdfC: ∅ TL: eslaisier 3,1082 / eslaisir 3,1083 DEAF:  laise (eslaisier)  / laise (eslaisir)  DMF:  eslaisier  TLF: ∅ OED: ∅ MED: ∅ DMLBS: ∅
eslaiser,  eslaisir  

v.a.

1to open wide: 
( s.xii1; MS: c.1145 )  Eslaise ta buche, e je aemplirai li  91.80.9
( c.1136-65; MS: c.1200 )  ‘De tes commandemenz curui La dreite veie senz ennui Si que mun queor en eslaisas A amer ço ke comandas’  3407
♦to open up, widen: 
( 1163-70; MS: s.xiii2 )  Dous messagiers i enveia Pur la veie bien eslaiser, Qu’aler i poust senz encumbrier  4489

v.refl.

1 to enlarge, grow bigger: 
( 1160-74; MS: s.xiiiin )  Pur la grant joie del present Que li clers out tant sudeement, S’eslaissa li quors e tant crut Ne pout restreindre quant il dut  i 249.2381
aleiser  leise#1 
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